Board of Directors? “FATAL ERROR LIST” ------------------------------------------------- D.J. Eder, Ph.D. In an effort to assist with enhancing your writing skills, the School of Accountancy has adopted the “Fatal Error” policy in its curriculum. This listing was derived from the accreditation experts; the policy allows for making writing development a priority in your learning. Learning to avoid the following mistakes will also help you to succeed on the CPA exam. -------------------------------------------------
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Personal Essays* Getting Started Before you start filling out your scholarship applications, you need to spend some time thinking about how to write a scholarship essay that will get the results that you want. For many students, the hardest part of writing a scholarship essay is getting comfortable with highlighting your accomplishments. Students often see this as bragging about themselves. But this is exactly what you need to do in order to convince the judges that you should receive the scholarship
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change, increased rate of species extinction, and development of extreme weather conditions. Note that judges look favorably on unique topics. No literary form other than an essay will be accepted. Each essay must reflect the contestant’s own writing and original thinking. No graphs, images, or illustrations should be included in the essay Awards: The author of the winning essay will receive a $500 monetary award in addition to having their winning essay published in the Fall 2013 print issue
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Analyzing Written Essays The four types of essay organizations discussed in this week readings are topic, time order, space order, and informative process. One of the essays I read was “A Soul as Free as the Air: About Lucy Stone”. The characteristics that make this an expository essay are it states fact about the work and efforts of Lucy Stone. Examples of these facts are. She was the first woman in Massachusetts to earn a college degree. She was also the first person in New England to be cremated
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The rapid changes in technology over the last 75 years have created enormous opportunities for education. While some technologies such as the computer were adopted early on, a reluctance to embrace change coupled with a lack of funding has resulted in a continuing dependence on chalkboards and other anachronistic technologies. The extent to which schools adopt new technologies, not surprisingly, often depends on how well they’re funded. It isn’t uncommon for schools that are separated by very little
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going off etc. Being outdoors for me brings life into my writing regardless of the topic. Whether is the warm sun shining down or a cool breeze from the trees it relaxes me as a writing thus making my writing come to me easier. I’ve written several papers at the beach, local park and even my own backyard. On these outdoors papers I have received B’s, whereas indoor papers that have been turned in have been C’s. What I like to do when writing outside is to have a nice cold drink with me. I set myself
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My Approach to Writing By: Michael Czeczeli My goals for this course are fairly simple. My biggest goal for this course is to learn how to write a paper and get my point across without going overboard with run- on sentences and un-needed info. In my career field it’s going to be very important to be able to get my point across with minimal errors and mistakes. Another goal of mine is to learn to overall like writing. When I first started school I couldn’t stand writing papers or sending emails
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follows the proper structure. Here are some guidelines to the basic structure every article should contain: The Hook It's called the hook for a reason. This part of your article should reel the reader in. The hook is especially important in web writing because if you don't capture their attention immediately, they will click on through to something else. You need a strong or interesting point in the hook that will encourage the reader to keep reading. The Summary The summary of your article
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you * Firstly you need to create a detailed description of your station, let potential listeners know what music you play, what presenters you have and where you broadcast from. * In preparing radio script, observe the following features of writing for broadcast: * • Use present tense as much as possible. * • Use a conversational style (write the way you talk) * • Condense: no passive verbs, cut down on adjectives and adverbs * The clarity of the script, the accuracy of the
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COMMUNICATION SKILLS SEMINARS Department of Behavioural Sciences General Medicine, 1st year 2013/2014 1st semester from 1st to 10th week – 2 seminars/week Aims: Introducing and recognizing fundamental characteristics of human communication and developing basic knowledge, skills and attitudes which are most important in doctor patient relationship. This course serves as a basis for the continuation of third year studies of more specific communicational knowledge needs for healing and curing in
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